Time to Catch Up Again, Really

The lack of entries on this page in recent months should not be taken as evidence for a lack of activity on the part of the students in the department or myself. The end of the fall semester is the first hint of a very intense and active spring semester. Third semester reviews are one of the major assessments of progress for students while at Cranbrook and while they occur just before winter break, they also herald the degree show to come in April.

For the first year students we ended the semester with critiques of their work and research presentations. Their presentations were to address a show they would curate using any artists living or dead, to form a group show based on a theme of interest to them. Each semester there are research assignments that are intended to help compliment studio activity and prepare people for their thesis document.

Photo from a critique in Heidi's studio.


And as the top picture indicates we have some fun. Our holiday picture was taken after our pre-clean-up holiday brunch at the end of the first semester. There had been an incident with the stove and some bacon that triggered our image theme!